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Public health addresses child maltreatment and other adverse childhood experiences by focusing primarily on preventing them from happening in the first place; understanding and addressing their individual, relational, community, and societal causes using the best available scientific evidence; and engaging in large-scale, multi-sector partnerships. Such large scale efforts require bringing together a compelling narrative, relationships, and strategy. This article describes how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used a public health approach to develop a narrative, relationships, and strategy to prevent child maltreatment.
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This work was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CE13-1303) and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Klevens, J., Alexander, S. Essentials for Childhood: Planting the Seeds for a Public Health Approach to Preventing Child Maltreatment. Int. Journal on Child Malt. 1, 121–132 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-018-0009-8
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